皱果茶 Camellia rhytidocarpa Hung T.Chang & S.Ye LiangCamellia rhytidocarpa

Camellia rhytidocarpa, Subgenus Camellia, Sect. Tuburculata, Chang Hung-ta and Bruce Bartholomew (1984). Camellias, p.70: Camellia rhytidocarpa Chang & Liang in Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni, monogr. ser. 1: 49. 1981. [Description] Shrub 3 m tall, branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 6-9.5 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide, apices acuminate, bases obtuse or nearly rounded; olive-green above in thedry state, shiny; yellowish-green below, glabrous; lateral veins 6-7 pairs, marginssharply serrate; petioles 8-12 mm long, glabrous. Flowers terminal, white, sessile; bracts and sepals 10, gradually becoming large from outer to inner, outer 3 crescentshaped, inner 7 ovoid, 1-1.4 cm long, exterior sericeous; petals ca. 6,3. 2 cm long, basal 2/5 connate; free filaments and filament tube glabrous, filament tube adnate withpetals; ovaries pilose; styles 3-parted, 2 cm long, glabrous. Capsules globose, 2-2. 5 cmin diameter, 1-2-locular, 1 seeded; sometimes bi-globose, 2-locular, 1 seed per locule; exterior tuberculate or rugose; seeds globose, dark brown, exterior pubescent.

Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks, Du Yueqiang, 2005, Collected Species of the Genus Camellia an Illustrated Outline，p.280-281. Flowers are pure white, 5.0-6.0 cm in diameter, borne singly at the tip of the shoot and in leaf axils. Perules 8-11, brown, gray-tomentose on both sides. Petals 6-9, 3.2-4.8 cm long, 1.5-2.0 cm wide, obovate to long-ovate, basal one-third connate. Androecium glabrous, 2.0-3.5 cm long, filaments white to pale yellow, fused 1.3-2.0 cm from the base, approximately 150 anthers. Gynoecium 2.0-3.8 cm long, 3 styles, free, not fused at the base, lightly tomentose, ovary tuberculate and glabrous with a ring of hair at the base of the ovary. Blooming season: early autumn to early winter. Capsules globose, 2.0-2.5 cm in diameter, 1-2 locules, surface tuberculate. Seeds tomentose. The oil content of the seed kernel is 41.5%.Leaves elliptic or narrowly elliptic, tip acuminate to long acuminate, base cuneate to rounded, 6.0-16.4 cm long, 2.5-5.6 cm wide, sharply serrulate, teeth spaced 2.0-6.0 mm apart, upper surface glabrous, midrib and major veins impressed, lower surface slightly villous along the midrib and sometimes on the blade, midrib and major veins raised. Petioles 6-12 mm long, glabrous. Shrub up to 3 m tall, young shoots glabrous, tan in color, ridged, older branches smooth and gray in color. Distribution: Northeastern Guangxi, the Chishui area of Guizhou Province and in southwestern Hunan Province; Elevation: 500-1,100 m; Specific locality: Group 3, Daling Village, Hutoushan, Yuanhou Town, Chishui City, Guizhou Province, China.

皱果茶Camellia rhytidocarpa Chang et S.Y Liang, sp. nov. 张宏达，1981. 《山茶属植物的系统研究》第49页。【标本】广西：龙胜，天平山，1957年11月19日，覃灝富700908(模式Typus! in Bot. Inst. Austro-Sin.)700700,700895；大苗山，陈少卿 16727；百色，梁盛业25，东兰，广西林业调查队46427。湖南：黔阳，李泽棠500。贵州：赤水，北京植物所毕节队1278。【形态特征】灌木，高3米，嫩枝无毛。叶革质，长圆形，长6-9.5厘米，宽2.5-3.5厘 米，先端渐尖，基部钝或近圆形，上面干后橄榄绿色，发亮，下面黄绿色，无毛，侧脉6-7对，边缘有锐利锯齿，叶柄长8-12毫米，无毛。花顶生，白色，无柄；苞片及萼片10片，逐渐增大，最下3片半月形，内侧7片卵圆形，长1-1.4厘米，背面有绢毛。花瓣6片，长3.2厘米，基部2/5连生，游离部份倒卵形，最外侧1-2片较短，外侧有毛。雄蕊长2-2.2毫米，外轮花丝基部连生1.3厘米，游离花丝及花丝管均无毛，花丝管与花瓣连生。子房有毛，花柱3条，长2厘米，无毛。蒴果球形，直径2-2.5厘米，1室，有种子1粒，或为双球形，2室，每室有种子1粒，表面多瘤状突起及皱摺；种子球形，褐色，表面有毛。

高继银、帕克斯、杜跃强，2005. 《山茶属植物主要原种彩色图集》浙江科学技术出版社，第280-281页。花洁白色，花径5.0~6.0厘米，单花顶生和腋生。鱗片8~11枚，褐色，两面被灰色柔毛。花瓣6~9枚，长3.2~4.8厘米，宽1.5-2.0厘米，倒卵形至长卵圆形，基部1/3合生。雄蕊无毛，长2.0~3.5厘米，花丝白色至淡黄色，基部连生1.3~2.0厘米，雄蕊约150枚。雌蕊长2.0~3.8厘米，花柱3条，基部离生，略被柔毛，子房有瘤状凸起，基部有一圈毛环，其余部分无毛。花期秋初至冬初。蒴果球形，直径2.0~2.5厘米，1~2室，果皮有很多瘤状凸起。种子被绒毛。种仁含油率为41.54%。叶椭圆形或窄椭圆形，先端渐尖至长尖，基部楔形至圆形，长6.0~16.4厘米，宽2.5~5.6厘米，叶齿细尖，齿距2~6毫米，叶面无毛，中脉和侧脉凹陷，叶背沿中豚略被长柔毛，中脉和侧脉凸起。叶柄长6~12毫米，无毛。灌木，高可达3米，嫩枝无毛，棕褐色，有棱角，老枝光滑，褐色。分布：广西壮族自治区东北部、贵州省赤水地区及湖南省西南部，海拔500-1100米。可寻地点:贵州省赤水市元厚镇虎头山大岭3组。